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Friday, 7 May 2021 310 [No 12 – 2021] Third Session, Sixth Parliament NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ________________________ INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER ______________________ Note: 1.

 Indicates an oral question.

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† Indicates a translated question.

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◙ Indicates a written question not yet replied to after 10 working days expired.
Table of Contents President of the Republic .................................................................................................................... 322 Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development .................................... 321, 331, 335, 338, 346, 347 Basic Education .......................................................................................... 313, 314, 320, 321, 348, 350 Communications and Digital Technologies ........................................................ 311, 312, 327, 328, 345 Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs ....................... 312, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 342, 346 Defence and Military Veterans ........................................................................................... 315, 317, 318 Employment and Labour ............................................................................................. 313, 315, 334, 348 Environmental Affairs, Forestry and Fisheries ................................................... 326, 327, 329, 342, 350 Finance ................................................................................................ 319, 332, 335, 338, 344, 350, 351 Health .......................................................................... 313, 314, 318, 319, 324, 325, 335, 346, 349, 351 Higher Education, Science and Innovation ................................................. 311, 321, 324, 325, 328, 347 Home Affairs ...................................................................................................... 312, 337, 339, 348, 350 Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation ................................................. 314, 315, 317, 339, 340, 341 International Relations and Cooperation ............................................................. 322, 323, 339, 348, 349 Justice and Correctional Services ............................................................... 315, 316, 322, 337, 341, 349 Mineral Resources and Energy ........................................................................................... 315, 339, 345 Minister in The Presidency ................................................................................. 322, 334, 340, 342, 344 Police .......................................................................... 313, 315, 316, 323, 334, 335, 336, 340, 348, 349 Public Enterprises ....................................................................... 311, 319, 330, 332, 338, 341, 342, 343 Public Service and Administration ............................................................................................. 318, 331 Public Works and Infrastructure ......................................................................... 328, 329, 330, 333, 334 Small Business Development...................................................................................................... 346, 348 Social Development .................................................................... 313, 314, 323, 325, 329, 330, 332, 344 Sport, Arts and Culture ....................................................................................................... 320, 343, 351 Tourism ............................................................................................................................................... 317 Trade, Industry and Competition ........................................................................ 320, 327, 333, 336, 337 Transport ............................................................................................................................. 316, 330, 332 Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities .................................................... 334, 340, 342, 344, 347 SUMMARY OF OUTSTANDING REPLIES TO QUESTIONS ...................................................... 351 INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 12 - 2021 Friday, 7 May 2021 311 QUESTIONS FOR WRITTEN REPLY FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021 1014.
Mrs M O Clarke (DA) to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises: Whether, with reference to the building for accommodation that was built at Kusile by a certain company (name furnished), (a) what number of contracts has the specified company acquired from the Government, (b) which departments awarded the specified contracts, (c) what were the total amounts of the contracts, (d) were the contracts finalised within the entered contract price and (e) what amounts have been charged over and above the agreed amount of each contract?
NW1185E 1015.
Mr S N August (Good) to ask the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies: (1) Whether, in light of the recent announcement by the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) of its intention to publicly auction the Rocklands Villas residential property in Sea Point, Western Cape, she has considered leasing the specified building to any other government department, particularly to provide social and affordable housing within the Cape Town Central Business District; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether she intends on having discussions with other government departments regarding making the best use of the property in order to address spatial justice within the society; if not, why not; if so, which government departments?
NW1198E 1016.
Dr W F Boshoff (FF Plus) to ask the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation: (1) Whether, with reference to his reply to question 404 on 1 March 2021, he can confirm if Additiv Solutions had met all the requirements for appointment for the Photonics Prototyping Facility Programme; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether Additiv Solutions in fact completed its project by 31 March 2021; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) whether he will make a statement on the matter?
NW1199E 1017.
Dr W F Boshoff (FF Plus) to ask the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation: (1) Whether, with regard to the recommendations contained in the Final Assessment Report dated 14 November 2018 and issued after the forensic investigation report by the firm of a certain person (name and details furnished), he can confirm if (a) appropriate disciplinary action was initiated against those officials (i) involved in the apparent exploitation of inflated time sheets in respect of a certain project (name furnished) and (ii) responsible for the flawed and irregular appointment of certain persons (names and details furnished), (b) any measures were taken to implement the recommendations of the specified report with regard to the processes and control measures over import and export INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 12 - 2021 Friday, 7 May 2021 312 of controlled equipment and (c) the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research would consider widening the scope of investigations as recommended by the forensic report; if not, why not, in each case; if so, what are the relevant details in each case; (2) whether he will make a statement on the matter?
NW1200E 1018.

Mr W W Wessels (FF Plus) to ask the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies: (1) Whether the SA Post Office have put measures in place to deliver packages and mail, currently in the possession of post offices that have been closed down due to financial constraints, to clients; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether she will make a statement on the matter?

NW1201E 1019.
Mr M G E Hendricks (Al Jamah-ah) to ask the Minister of Home Affairs: (1) With reference to his request to the SA Law Reform Commission (SALRC) in 2013 to investigate the possible adoption of a single marriage statute for the Republic, with the discussion paper 152, which was open for public participation from 1 January 2021 to 31 March 2021 and extended for another two months (details furnished), what are the reasons that the Green Paper was submitted by his department in April 2021, as the public participation process with the SALRC was still in progress; (2) what are the reasons that his department submitted the Green Paper prior to obtaining the relevant reports of the SALRC in respect of the discussion paper 152, in view of the financial resources spent by his department in appointing the SALRC to attend to the discussion paper?
NW1202E 1020.
Mr I M Groenewald (FF Plus) to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs: (1) Whether local authorities are legally obligated to have in their employ, qualified registered mechanical, electrical, civil and chemical engineers for each branch; if not, how do local authorities source the skills to comply with applicable building regulations; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) (3) what total number of engineers in each branch are employed in each municipality in each province; what total number of vacancies are there in each municipality for the specified positions; (4) what measures are being taken to fill such vacancies; (5) whether she will make a statement on the matter?
NW1203E INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 12 - 2021 Friday, 7 May 2021 313 1021.

Mr H A Shembeni (EFF) to ask the Minister of Social Development: To date, what (a) total number of persons have benefited from the R350 social relief grant, (b) impact has she found that the specified grant had on the lives of those to whom it was paid and (c) has she found would the social and livelihood implications of stopping the grant be on those who have been recipients of the grant?

NW1204E 1022.
NW1204E 1022.

Mr H A Shembeni (EFF) to ask the Minister of Police: With reference to the practice that firearms are discharged at the funerals of known gang members and criminals at cemeteries almost every weekend, what are the reasons that the police have failed to put an end to the specified practice?

NW1205E 1023.
NW1205E 1023.

Mr H A Shembeni (EFF) to ask the Minister of Police: What (a) total number of provincial commissioners are nearing the end of their term of contract and (b) steps has he taken to ensure that there is certainty in police leadership in the various provinces, despite the impending expiration dates of the contracts of some provincial commissioners?

NW1206E 1024.
NW1206E 1024.

Ms C N Mkhonto (EFF) to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour: Whether his department has done any the Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme fraud relating to farmworkers specifically; if not, why not; if so, what (a) total number of farmworkers have been defrauded of their benefits by their employers and (b) steps has he taken to recoup the specified funds?

investigations into NW1207E 1025.


Ms C N Mkhonto (EFF) to ask the Minister of Basic Education: What (a) is the extent of bullying in South African schools and (b) steps has her department taken to protect both learners and teachers against bullying?

NW1208E 1026.
NW1208E 1026.

Ms N N Chirwa (EFF) to ask the Minister of Health: (a) What total number of recently graduated medical doctors (i) have been placed as medical interns as at 1 April 2021 and (ii) are still sitting at home, waiting to be placed and (b) what (i) has he found caused the delays in placing the recently graduated medical doctors and (ii) steps are being taken by his department to resolve the situation?

NW1209E 1027.
NW1209E 1027.

Ms N N Chirwa (EFF) to ask the Minister of Health: What is the (a) race and (b) gender demographic of the persons who have been vaccinated as part of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine trial to date?

NW1210E 1028.

Dr S S Thembekwayo (EFF) to ask the Minister of Health: What role will (a) medical schemes and (b) private hospitals play in the roll-out of COVID-19 vaccinations in the Republic?

NW1211E INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 12 - 2021 Friday, 7 May 2021 314 1029.
Dr S S Thembekwayo (EFF) to ask the Minister of Health: In light of the peer-reviewed study published in the medical journal The Lancet, where trial results showed that the Russian developed COVID-19 vaccine, Sputnik V, has shown an efficacy of 91% and is deemed safe, what are the reasons that he cannot speed-up the procurement of the Sputnik V-vaccine for South African citizens?

NW1212E 1030.
NW1212E 1030.

Dr S S Thembekwayo (EFF) to ask the Minister of Health: What (a) has he found caused the fire at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, (b) were the reasons that the response to the fire was so slow, which led to so much damage to the specified hospital and (c) steps has his department taken since the fire, in order to ensure that services are still provided to persons who depended on the hospital?

NW1213E 1031.
NW1213E 1031.

Ms L H Arries (EFF) to ask the Minister of Basic Education: (1) Whether there are any schools in the Eastern Cape that still have mud structures; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) what total number of schools and (b) where are they located; (2) whether there are any schools in the Eastern Cape that still do not have proper sanitation; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) what total number of schools and (b) where are they located?

NW1214E 1032.
NW1214E 1032.

Ms L H Arries (EFF) to ask the Minister of Basic Education: What measures has her department put in place to ensure that all learners who are entitled to school feeding schemes are getting their meals every day?

NW1215E 1033.
NW1215E 1033.

Ms L H Arries (EFF) to ask the Minister of Social Development: In view of the Western Cape that has implemented an online booking system for disability grant medical assessments, what provisions have been made by her department for persons who do not have access to devices to make online bookings?

NW1216E 1034.
Mrs M R Mohlala (EFF) to ask the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation: In view of the fact that an estimated funding of at least R7,2 billion is required to finance key water resources development projects over the next 10 years, as noted in the National Water and Sanitation Master Plan, where prioritised development projects such as the Crocodile West River system, Olifants River system and Letaba River system may be delayed if funding is not sourced, how will (a) her department source the specified funding and (b) the time frames be met?
NW1217E INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 12 - 2021 Friday, 7 May 2021 315 1035.

Mrs M R Mohlala (EFF) to ask the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation: What are the remedial actions to be taken on (a) financial and (b) non-financial transgressions with COVID-19 interventions, as highlighted in the special report of the Auditor-General?

NW1218E 1036.
Ms P Madokwe (EFF) to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy: Following the projections by the Executive Director of the SA Institute of Professional Accountants at the beginning of the year, that the Republic may be more reliant on imports for fuel and fuel products as a result of various challenges including that all six South African refineries are under review, what steps has his department taken to intervene and ensure that the ordinary South African does not feel the consequences of such a move, in particular an unprecedented fuel hike?
NW1219E 1037.
Ms P Madokwe (EFF) to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans: With reference to Erf 81, an unused plot of land in Tamboerskloof that belongs to her department and has since been occupied by various community members who have initiated various programmes which include tourist attraction activities such as community gardens and local markets, what plans does her department have in place to donate the piece of land for long-term use by the specified community members rather than having them evicted?
NW1220E 1038.

Dr M Q Ndlozi (EFF) to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services: What (a) total number of persons between the age of 16 and 25 are incarcerated in correctional services facilities and (b) number of the specified persons were convicted for (i) murder and (ii) grievous bodily harm?

NW1221E 1039.
NW1221E 1039.

Dr M Q Ndlozi (EFF) to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour: For what time period does an average unemployed person between the age of 16 and 25 remain unemployed in the Republic’s labour market?

NW1222E 1040.

Dr M Q Ndlozi (EFF) to ask the Minister of Police: What total number of persons between the age of 16 and 25 were (a) murdered and (b) victims of grievous bodily harm during the period 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2020?

NW1223E 1041.
NW1223E 1041.

Mr P Sindane (EFF) to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services: Whether he is considering the parole application of a certain person (name and details furnished) held at Worcester Correctional Facility and a certain person (name and details furnished) held at Voorberg Correctional Facility; if not, why not, in each case; if so, by what date will he sign for their release?

NW1224E INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 12 - 2021 Friday, 7 May 2021 316 1042.
Mrs N J Nolutshungu (EFF) to ask the Minister of Transport: What (a) is the total number of vehicle testing stations in the Republic, (b) number of the specified vehicle testing stations are privately owned and (c) is the (i) race and (ii) gender demographic of all owners of privately-owned vehicle testing stations?

NW1225E 1043.
Dr P J Groenewald (VF Plus) vra die Minister van Polisie: (1) (2) Of enige keuring van SA Polisiedienslede plaasvind om in die teenbende- eenheid aangestel te word; so nie, waarom nie; so ja, wat die kriteria vir sodanige aanstelling is; of gereelde integriteitstoetse op die betrokke eenheid se lede uitgevoer word om te bepaal of hulle nie deur bendes omgekoop is nie; so nie, waarom nie; so ja, wat die tersaaklike besonderhede van die toetse is; (3) of hy ‘n verklaring oor die aangeleentheid sal doen?
NW1226A (Translation): [Dr P J Groenewald (FF Plus) to ask the Minister of Police:† (1) Whether any screening of SA Police Service members is taking place for placement in the anti-gang unit; if not, why not; if so, what are the criteria for such placement; (2) whether members of the relevant unit are subjected to integrity tests on a regular basis, to determine if they were bribed by gangs; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details of the tests; (3) whether he will make a statement on the matter?
NW1226E] 1044.

Dr P J Groenewald (VF Plus) vra die Minister van Justisie en Korrektiewe Dienste: (1) Of enige stappe deur die Landdrostekommissie teen ‘n sekere persoon (naam en besonderhede verstrek) in 2018 of daarna gedoen is in verband met ernstige klagtes van wangedrag; so nie, waarom nie; so ja, wat die tersaaklike besonderhede is van die stappe wat gedoen is; (2) of hy ‘n verklaring oor die aangeleentheid sal doen?
NW1228A (Translation): [Dr P J Groenewald (FF Plus) to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services:† (1) Whether the Magistrates Commission has taken any steps against a certain person (name and details furnished) in 2018 or thereafter with regard to serious claims of misconduct; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details of the steps that were taken; INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 12 - 2021 Friday, 7 May 2021 317 (2) whether he will make a statement on the matter?
NW1228E] 1045.
Mr M S F de Freitas (DA) to ask the Minister of Tourism: With reference to the finalisation of the document on the repositioning of the Travel Indaba, what (a) are the next immediate steps of the specified process, (b) are the (i) timelines, (ii) time frames and (iii) deadlines in this regard, (c) are the changes in the form and content of (i) Africa’s Travel Indaba, (ii) Meetings Africa and (iii) the Welcome Campaign and (d) are the contents of the Partnership Strategy that has been developed?
NW1229E 1046.

Mr M S F de Freitas (DA) to ask the Minister of Tourism: With reference to the opening of international borders, what (a) impact analysis has been undertaken, (b) are the results and (c) conclusions were reached in this regard?

NW1230E 1047.
NW1230E 1047.

Mr M S F de Freitas (DA) to ask the Minister of Tourism: With reference to the complaints line of her department, (a) what is the total number of complaints received by her department in each month in the past three financial years, (b) what are the main categories of the specified complaints, (c) how were the complaints handled and/or resolved and (d) how would this be (i) measured and/or (ii) monitored?

NW1231E 1048.
NW1231E 1048.

Ms E L Powell (DA) to ask the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation: Whether she will furnish Ms E L Powell with all responses received by her department to the (a) requests for quotation and/or (b) tender adverts for personal protective equipment ultimately awarded to certain suppliers (names and details furnished) during the period 1 March to 1 October 2020; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details in each case?

NW1232E 1049.
NW1232E 1049.

Ms E L Powell (DA) to ask the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation: Whether she will provide Ms E L Powell with the (a) tax invoices and (b) signed proof of delivery of items as procured by her department from certain service providers (names and details furnished) during the period 1 March to 1 October 2020; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details in each case?

NW1233E 1050.
NW1233E 1050.

Mr S J F Marais (DA) to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans: With reference to the various agreements with the Republic of Cuba, what are the (a) full relevant details, (b) reasons and (c) total amounts of all payments made to any Cuban entity in each year over the past 10 years by (i) her department and/or (ii) any entity reporting to her?

NW1234E 1051.
Mr S J F Marais (DA) to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans: (1) Whether, with reference to the reported illegal and fraudulent shipment of COVID-19 medicine from Cuba by the SA National Defence Force (SANDF), INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 12 - 2021 Friday, 7 May 2021 318 any SANDF beneficiaries were issued with such medicine; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what (a) total number of SANDF beneficiaries and (b) medical benefits did they experience; whether she can confirm if the relevant medicines were stored under the prescribed minimum conditions, including temperature and humidity levels; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; what are the reasons that she commissioned a three-person investigation team to determine which persons were responsible for the shipment; whether the relevant resolutions are in the minutes of the Military Command Council (MCC); if so, were any of the relevant MCC members suspended pending the investigation?
NW1235E (2) (3) (4) 1052.
Mr S J F Marais (DA) to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans: (1) What (a) was the direct and indirect total costs in each year over the past five years relating to Cuban staff employed and/or contracted for Operation Thusano (details furnished) and (b) are the costs related to providing security and/or protection services to Cuban staff; (2) (3) (4) (5) what was the total number of (a) vehicles that were stripped of parts during the specified period and (b) serviceable vehicles that were reassembled and returned for military work; (a) what is the value of the spare parts reintroduced into the vehicle maintenance system, (b) to which (i) military bases and (ii) maintenance depots were the spare parts supplied and (c) what is the cost benefit analysis of the stripped spare parts; whether she has considered selling any of the unused vehicles at Wallmansthal military base, among others, for scrap metal; if so, what would the total monetary value be; what is the (a) real productivity at Wallmansthal military base, seeing that electricity supply is extremely poor and blackouts occur regularly and (b) total cost of running generators at Wallmansthal with regular electricity blackouts?
NW1236E 1053.

Mrs M O Clarke (DA) to ask the Minister of Public Service and Administration: What (a)(i) total number of departments within the State, nationally and provincially, are leasing buildings for their departments and (ii) are the costs of the specified leases and (b) total number of staff members are currently operational in each of the specified buildings?

NW1237E 1054.
NW1237E 1054.

Ms H Ismail (DA) to ask the Minister of Health: What are the relevant details of (a) how the Government’s procurement of COVID-19 vaccines is funded and (b) the detailed breakdown of the funding provided by (i) the Government, (ii) medical aids and (iii) any other person and/or entity?

NW1240E INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 12 - 2021 Friday, 7 May 2021 319 1055.
Ms H Ismail (DA) to ask the Minister of Health: Whether he will provide a full report on each vaccine with regard to ethnicity efficiencies studied; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

NW1241E 1056.
NW1241E 1056.

Ms H Ismail (DA) to ask the Minister of Health: What are the relevant details of the specific impact of COVID-19 vaccines approved for vaccination in the Republic, on persons, including with regard to (a) the different age groups and (b) persons with comorbidities, with reference to how effective and/or for how long the vaccines will provide protection against re-infection?

NW1242E 1057.
NW1242E 1057.

Mrs M O Clarke (DA) to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises: (1) What (a) are the relevant details of the manufacturing statistics within Denel over the past six years and (b) total profits have been realised locally; (2) (a) for which countries has Denel manufactured defence equipment and (b) what was the profit margin in this regard over the past six years?

NW1243E 1058.
NW1243E 1058.

Ms B M van Minnen (DA) to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises: In view of his department’s presentation in October 2020 in which Parliament was informed that Denel is currently insolvent and had recorded a loss of R1,7 billion for the 2019-20 financial year, thereby increasing negative equity to more than R2 billion, (a) what is the current financial situation and (b) has Denel been able to meet its financial obligations?

NW1245E 1059.
Ms B M van Minnen (DA) to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises: Whether Denel has complied with the court order instructing it to settle the outstanding payments after organised labour approached the Labour Court for relief, in light of the presentation by his department to Parliament in October 2020 wherein it was stated that due to the weak financial position and reduced cash from operations, Denel is unable to meet all its financial obligations including the payment of full salaries from May 2020 to date; if not, what are the reasons for the non-compliance?
NW1246E 1060.

Ms B M van Minnen (DA) to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises: (a) Is Denel undergoing a section 189 process with regard to its employees and (b) is it able to pay severance packages to employees?

NW1247E 1061.
Mr G G Hill-Lewis (DA) to ask the Minister of Finance: (1) In light of confirmation by the Director-General of the Department of Public Service and Administration of endemic post vacancies within various government departments (details furnished), (a) what total number of posts are currently vacant in the National Treasury, (b) for what time period has each specified post been vacant and (c) what are the relevant details of each such post; INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 12 - 2021 Friday, 7 May 2021 320 (2) (a) what total number of vacant posts currently in the National Treasury have been filled on an acting basis, (b) for what time period has each such post been vacant and (c) what are the relevant details in each case?
NW1248E 1062.
Mrs A Steyn (DA) to ask the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition: (1) Whether his department and/or any entity reporting to him paid any funds to the SA Farmers Development Association (SAFDA) since 2015; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) what total amount in each year, (b) under what programme and (c) what was the full details of the purpose of the funding; (2) (3) whether his department signed any agreements with SAFDA to provide work on behalf of his department; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) what are the relevant details of each specified agreement and (b) who is responsible to monitor and evaluate the work provided; whether he will furnish Mrs A Steyn with copies of all agreements between his department and SAFDA; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
NW1249E 1063.
Mrs V van Dyk (DA) to ask the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture: (a) How has he found the Auditor-General (AG) to have invoked the Public Audit Amendment Act, Act 5 of 2018, which gives the AG power to crack down on irregular and fraudulent expenditure, when auditing the entities which report to him, (b) what more than recommendations did the AG propose, who mentioned various times in his reports that consequence management does not take place in the entities and (c) if consequence management does not take place, (i) what is the next step and (ii) how is it enforced?
NW1250E 1064.

Mrs V van Dyk (DA) to ask the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture: In view of the Auditor-General (AG) report, wherein the AG states that supply chain management in his department is regressing, what steps will be taken against management who do not have the correct understanding and incorrectly interpreted the requirements of Treasury regulations and preferential procurement policy?

NW1251E 1065.
NW1251E 1065.

Mrs V van Dyk (DA) to ask the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture: Whether he has found that all the museums (a) under his department and (b) in the provinces have qualified curators; if not, what are the (i) names of the museums that do not and (ii) reasons for this; if so, what are the further relevant details?

NW1252E 1066.
NW1252E 1066.

Mrs D van der Walt (DA) to ask the Minister of Basic Education: (a) What is the current status of the Incremental Introduction of African Languages initiative in public schools and (b) how does her department intend to ensure that everyone’s right to receive education in the official languages and/or languages of their choice in public schools are realised?

NW1253E INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 12 - 2021 Friday, 7 May 2021 321 1067.
Mrs D van der Walt (DA) to ask the Minister of Basic Education: What rewards did her department issue since the adoption of the National Development Plan, including Action 55, to introduce incentive schemes linked to the Annual National Assessments to reward schools for consistent improvements?

NW1254E 1068.
NW1254E 1068.

Mrs D van der Walt (DA) to ask the Minister of Basic Education: Whether, since the adoption of the National Development Plan, her department increased state funding and support to ensure universal access to two years of early childhood development exposure before Grade 1; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

NW1255E 1069.
NW1255E 1069.

Ms C V King (DA) to ask the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation: What are the reasons and explanation of how over-enrolments occurred in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021?

NW1256E 1070.
NW1256E 1070.

Ms C V King (DA) to ask the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation: What is the (a) total number of students who owe money to universities as a result of late payment by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) and (b) minimum response time by NSFAS to respond to all types of general student queries and/or appeals?

NW1257E 1071.
Ms C V King (DA) to ask the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation: What (a) total number of students who are National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) beneficiaries (i) registered and (ii) completed their studies at institutions of higher learning in each of the past five academic years, (b) was the dropout rate of NSFAS-funded students in each of the specified academic years and (c) has he found to be the average dropout rate of NSFAS-funded students since the inception of the NSFAS?
NW1258E 1072.
Mrs A Steyn (DA) to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development: (1) Whether her department and/or any entity reporting to her paid any funds to the SA Farmers Development Association (SAFDA) since 2015; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) what total amount in each year, (b) under what programme and (c) what was the full details of the purpose of the funding; (2) (3) whether her department signed any agreements with SAFDA to provide work on behalf of her department; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) what are the relevant details of each specified agreement and (b) who is responsible to monitor and evaluate the work provided; whether she will furnish Mrs A Steyn with copies of all agreements between her department and SAFDA; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
NW1259E INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 12 - 2021 Friday, 7 May 2021 322 1073.
Dr M M Gondwe (DA) to ask the Acting Minister in The Presidency: With reference to the filling of vacant posts for the position of Director-General and/or Head of Department in the Public Service, what (a) is the total number of (i) national and (ii) provincial departments which were required to advertise for the specified posts more than once during the (aa) 2018-19, (bb) 2019-20 and (cc) 2020-21 financial years, (b) are the reasons that the specified departments were required to advertise for the posts more than once and (c) total amount was spent on re-advertising the posts for each of the implicated departments?
NW1260E 1074.
Dr M M Gondwe (DA) to ask the Acting Minister in The Presidency: With reference to the filling of vacant posts for the position of Director-General (DG) and/or Head of Department (HoD) in the Public Service, what (a) measures will be taken to ensure that (i) national and (ii) provincial departments comply with the requirement to advertise and fill the post of DG and/or HoD within the stipulated time frame and (b) action will be taken against (i) national and (ii) provincial departments that fail to comply with the requirement to advertise and fill the post of DG and/or HoD within the stipulated time frame?
NW1261E 1075.
Dr M M Gondwe (DA) to ask the Acting Minister in The Presidency: With reference to the performance agreements concluded with Directors-General (DGs) and/or Heads of Department (HoDs), what (a) measures will be put in place to ensure that DGs and/or HoDs submit their performance agreements within the stipulated time frame, (b) action will be taken against DGs and/or HoDs who fail to submit their performance agreements within the stipulated time frame and (c) action, consequence management or otherwise, will be taken against DGs and/or HoDs who perform poorly in terms of their performance agreements?
NW1262E 1076.
Adv G Breytenbach (DA) to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services: (a)(i) What is the precise nature of the contractual dispute between his Department of Justice and Lexis Nexis to which the Deputy Director-General of his Department of Justice referred to on 12 March 2021 when he informed the department of the unavailability of the online Lexis Nexis publications and (ii) by what date is it expected to be resolved, (b) what contingencies are in place to assist them until the matter is resolved and (c) how are court officials particularly expected to function fully without such access?
NW1263E 1077.
Mr M Chetty (DA) to ask the President of the Republic: Whether, with reference to the reply of the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation to question 31 for oral reply on 3 March 2021, regarding the R118 million irregular expenditure on the New York Pilot Project and her admission that her department had nothing to show for the R118 million spent, and in view of the fact that this is now an international embarrassment, he will (a) recall Ambassador Jerry Matjila, who was the Director-General of the specified department during the initiation of the highly controversial project and (b) suspend Minister Nkoana-Mashabane, who failed to exercise her executive oversight as the then Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, resulting in damaging South Africa’s international image; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
NW1264E INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 12 - 2021 Friday, 7 May 2021 323 1078.
Mr D Bergman (DA) to ask the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation: (1) With reference to the property in Vienna, Austria rented by a certain diplomat (name and details furnished) until August 2020, what is the total amount in damages allegedly left by the specified person; (2) (3) (4) whether her department has made arrangements to pay back the owner for the damages caused; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; whether the person had a previous issue and/or similar allegation during a previous posting in India; if so, what was the total amount in damages; whether her department paid for the damages in India; if not, has the official been asked to pay any of the money back, if so, (5) what total amount to date has been collected from the individual?
NW1265E 1079.

Ms B S Masango (DA) to ask the Minister of Social Development: What is the total (a) amount paid by the SA Social Security Agency to recipients who did not qualify for all types of grants in 2020 and (b) value of double dipping where recipients are being paid for more than one grant, essentially taking advantage of the system?

NW1266E 1080.
Mr G R Krumbock (DA) to ask the Minister of Police: (1) With reference to his reply to question 99 on 4 March 2021, with regard to the 18 vehicles allocated to the four Trio Task Teams within the City of Ekurhuleni, what (a) number of vehicles does each Trio Task Team have, (b) number of vehicles are currently in working order in each case and (c) is the current mileage of each vehicle; (2) what number of cases (a) were reported to each Trio Task Team and (b) have ended in a successful conviction in the (i) 2017-18, (ii) 2018-19 and (iii) 2019- 20 financial years?
NW1267E 1081.

Mr G R Krumbock (DA) to ask the Minister of Police: (1) With reference to his reply to question 99 on 4 March 2021, what total number of cases (a) were reported to each Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit (FCS) and (b) has ended in a successful conviction in the (i) 2017-18, (ii) 2018-19 and (iii) 2019-20 financial years; (2) what (a) number of vehicles (i) does each FCS unit have and (ii) are currently in working order and (b) is the mileage of each vehicle?
NW1268E 1082.
Mr G R Krumbock (DA) to ask the Minister of Police: Whether, with reference to his reply to question 100 on 4 March 2021, where he stated that an extension of two weeks is requested, in order to facilitate the ratification and approval of the final armoury report before submission, he has now had an opportunity to ratify and approve the final armoury report; if not, why not; if so, (a) will he furnish INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 12 - 2021 Friday, 7 May 2021 324 Mr G R Krumbock with an unsanitised copy of the armoury report and (b) by what date?
NW1269E 1083.
Mrs E R Wilson (DA) to ask the Minister of Health: (1) What are the reasons that 72 interns with 20 years of laboratory experience were (a) put on a forensic toxicology training programme under a certain person (name furnished) in Pretoria with a certain person (name also furnished) for a year in 2012 and (b) accommodated in a hotel for a year despite many of them coming from Pretoria; (2) (3) (a) what number of days in a week did the interns attend lectures at the hotel and (b) at what time did the lectures take place; what (a) is the name of the hotel where the interns were accommodated and (b) was the total cost of the accommodation for the interns, including meals, refreshments, phones and other relevant details; (4) where were the interns placed after they completed the training presented by the specified person?
NW1270E 1084.
Mrs E R Wilson (DA) to ask the Minister of Health: (1) (a) With which sector education and training authority was the training registered that was conducted by a certain person (name furnished) for the Forensic Pathology Services under a certain person (name furnished), with regard to a year-long Forensic Toxicology Training programme of 72 interns in 2012, (b) on what date was it registered, (c) did the specified training have a National Qualifications Framework level qualification and (d) what was the (i) period over which remuneration was paid and (ii) remuneration that was paid to the specified person; (2) what (a) was the number of years during which a certain person served as the mentor of a certain person at the University of Pretoria, (b) other contracts have been entered into by the Forensic Laboratory with the specified person and (c) was the total cost of each contract?
NW1271E 1085.

Mr B B Nodada (DA) to ask the Minister of Health: With reference to his reply to question 715 on 15 March 2021, what is the breakdown of the number of learners in each province?

NW1272E 1086.
NW1272E 1086.

Mrs N I Tarabella Marchesi (DA) to ask the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation: (a) At what stage is the funding cut-off for students who keep on studying and failing and then change courses, (b) does the National Student Financial Aid Scheme stop paying for the specified students who sometimes even change universities and (c) at what point is this considered abuse of the funding and/or terms of service?
NW1273E INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 12 - 2021 Friday, 7 May 2021 325 1087.
Mrs N I Tarabella Marchesi (DA) to ask the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation: (1) With the rapid expansion of the tertiary system that was not followed by the implementation of financial support for such an expansion from 1994 to date, (a) what are the reasons that the financial support was not implemented and (b) who made that decision; (2) whether there is a funding model that was ever created and/or revised to cater for the expansion; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?NW1274E 1088.
Mrs N I Tarabella Marchesi (DA) to ask the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation: What is the projected cost for a student at a university and/or technical and vocational education and training college for one year?

NW1275E 1089.
NW1275E 1089.

Mrs G Opperman (DA) to ask the Minister of Social Development: With reference to her department’s presentation on its Third Quarter performance to the Portfolio Committee on Social Development on 17 March 2021, what (a) are the root causes for the 14% performance decline in the Third Quarter compared to the Second Quarter and (b) corrective measures have been implemented to address the 14% decline?

NW1276E 1090.
NW1276E 1090.

Mrs G Opperman (DA) to ask the Minister of Social Development: With reference to her department’s presentation on its Third Quarter performance to the Portfolio Committee on Social Development on 17 March 2021, and specifically that it only spent approximately 29% of its budget allocation to provinces and municipalities to date, what amount does her department owe municipalities for services?

NW1277E 1091.
NW1277E 1091.

Mrs G Opperman (DA) to ask the Minister of Social Development: (1) What number of the 70 social service practitioners capacitated on psychosocial support are stationed in the Northern Cape; (2) what total number of active shelters for women are in the Northern Cape according to the policy on sheltering services?

NW1278E 1092.
Mrs E R Wilson (DA) to ask the Minister of Health: (1) Whether, in light of the Department of Labour issuing a notice with regard to the amendments that had to be made to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, Act 85 of 1993, at the Forensic Laboratories at 271 Visagie Street, Pretoria, in October 2018, the amendments have been made; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, on what date did the amendments begin according to the notification; (2) what are the reasons that (a) the amendments have not been completed and (b) it has taken three years to act on the notification which advised that such improvements had to be made in 60 days; INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 12 - 2021 Friday, 7 May 2021 326 (3) on what date will the amendments in terms of the notification be completed?
NW1279E 1093.
Mr D W Bryant (DA) to ask the Minister of Environmental Affairs, Forestry and Fisheries: to the Municipal Manager of (1) Whether she has received a letter of Mr D W Bryant dated 11 March 2021, addressed the Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality and copied to her regarding a 45-meter-high telecommunications tower that has been erected on Erf 67, 74 Stuart Street, Harrismith and the number of alleged discrepancies that have been reported by members of the public regarding the application process; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) (3) (3) whether the specified letter is being given attention in order to provide answers; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; how will she address the alleged non-compliance with the statutory obligations in terms of the application process; by what date will (a) answers and (b) a way forward be provided to concerned members of the community?
NW1280E 1094.
Mr D W Bryant (DA) to ask the Minister of Environmental Affairs, Forestry and Fisheries: (1) Whether she will confirm receipt of correspondence from representatives of the shark diving industry regarding the proposed extension of the inshore, in light of shark cage diving being an important tourism drawcard for Cape Town and the South African tourism industry that has been badly affected by a decrease in the number of white sharks in the area combined with a drastic decline in international visitor numbers during the COVID-19 pandemic and the serious implications for jobs in the shark diving sector and associated hospitality trades and that the representatives of the industry have made repeated attempts to request an extension of the area allowed for shark diving activities so that dives can be undertaken with other breeds of shark such as the Bronze Whaler; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) (3) whether there are any substantive reasons that her department would not support the proposed extension; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the reasons; whether a discount and/or waiver of licensing fees will be considered for boats that have not been used during the COVID-19 pandemic; if not, why not; if so, what is the application process that boat owners must follow?
NW1281E INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 12 - 2021 Friday, 7 May 2021 327 1095.
Mr D W Bryant (DA) to ask the Minister of Environmental Affairs, Forestry and Fisheries: (1) In view of the allegations that a large number of convicted criminals involved in rhino and elephant poaching were released during the special COVID-19 Presidential Pardon in 2020, what (a) total number of poachers were released during the COVID-19 Presidential Pardon and (b) number of the released poachers are (i) South African nationals and (ii) from other countries; (2) whether any of the poachers who were released during the pardon have been rearrested on poaching and/or other charges?
NW1282E 1096.
Dr A Lotriet (DA) to ask the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition: (1) With reference to the reply of the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture to question 200 on 5 March 2021 where it is stated that the National Lotteries Commission gave a grant of R63 000 000 to the Durban 2022 Commonwealth Bid, what (a) exactly was the motivation in the application for the grant and (b) due diligence was conducted before the grant was approved; (2) whether any conditions were placed on the awarding of the grant; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
NW1283E 1097.

Dr A Lotriet (DA) to ask the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition: Whether, with reference to his replies to questions 196, 197 and 198 on 5 March 2021, he has now received the information from the National Lottery Commission; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details in each case?

NW1284E 1098.
NW1284E 1098.

Mr C MacKenzie (DA) to ask the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies: Whether, with reference to her reply to question 538 on 16 March 2021 and the appointment of a certain company (name furnished) as an authorised representative of the SA Post Office on 5 February 2020, she will furnish Mr C MacKenzie with the full details of the contract entered into by a certain person (name furnished) and the specified company; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
NW1285E 1099.
Mr C MacKenzie (DA) to ask the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies: Whether, with reference to her reply to question 538 on 16 March 2021 and the appointment of a certain company (name furnished) as an authorised representative of the SA Post Office (SAPO) on 5 February 2020, any services, technology and/or products have been supplied by the specified company to the SAPO; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) what is the nature of the services rendered, technology and/or products supplied, (b) what is the monetary value of the services, technology and/or products and (c) was any request for proposal and/or request for quotation issued?
NW1286E INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 12 - 2021 Friday, 7 May 2021 328 1100.
Mr C MacKenzie (DA) to ask the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies: Whether, with reference to her reply to question 538 on 16 March 2021 and the appointment of a certain company (name furnished) as an authorised representative of the SA Post Office (SAPO) on 5 February 2020, any requests for proposals and/or requests for quotations have been issued by the SAPO for electronic registered post technology; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, will she furnish Mr C MacKenzie with the full details of the requests including any tenders and awards; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
NW1287E 1101.
Ms S J Graham (DA) to ask the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation: (1) (a) What is the total number of technical and vocational education and training colleges that have a functional Employee Assistance Programme and (b) in each case, is there a funded position on the organogram to deal with the Employee Assistance Programme; (2) for those colleges that do not have Employee Assistance Programmes, what are the reasons that they do not have one in place; (3) whether the programme will be established; if not, why not; if so, by what date; (4) (a) what services does the Employee Assistance Programme provide to employees and (b) if no Employee Assistance Programme exists, what measures have been put in place to support employees who would ordinarily have used the programme?
NW1288E 1102.
Ms S J Graham (DA) to ask the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure: (1) With regard to the SA Council for Project and Construction Management Professions registration for Health and Safety Officers, Managers and Agents, (a) what number of applications for registration are outstanding for (i) Candidate Construction Health and Safety Officer, (ii) Construction Health and Safety Officers, (iii) Candidate Health and Safety Officer, (iv) Health and Safety Officer, (v) Candidate Health and Safety Agent, (vi) Health and Safety Agent and (vii) Professional Health and Safety Agent, in each category, (b) how long is each application outstanding and (c) what are the specific issues prohibiting the processing of the registration; (2) (3) what number of applications for registration in each category have been successfully processed in the past two years; what is the current time frame for the processing registrations from the date of application to certification in each category?
NW1289E INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 12 - 2021 Friday, 7 May 2021 329 1103.
Ms S J Graham (DA) to ask the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure: With regard to the SA Council for Project and Construction Management Professions registration for Health and Safety Officers, Managers and Agents, (a) which of the courses and programmes recognised by the council for registration purposes have been registered with the SA Qualifications Authority, (b) what number of appeals against a negative registration outcome have been logged in the past two years in each category, (c) what number of appeals are outstanding in each category, (d) what are the time frames for the processing of appeals in each category and (e) what are the costs for (i) application fees, (ii) exam fees, (iii) interview and/or candidature fees, (iv) registration fees, (v) annual fees and (vi) appeals in each category?
NW1290E 1104.

Ms A M M Weber (DA) to ask the Minister of Environmental Affairs, Forestry and Fisheries: Whether she will furnish Ms A M M Weber with a list of white rhino sales in each national park from 2008 to 2020, including the (a) name of the national park, (b) name of the buyer, (c) method of sale such as the veld-to-veld sales, auction and/or donation, (d) number sold, auctioned and/or donated and (e) price of each rhino; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details in each case?
NW1291E 1105.

Ms A M M Weber (DA) to ask the Minister of Environmental Affairs, Forestry and Fisheries: Whether she will furnish Ms A M M Weber with a list of black rhino sales in each national park from 2008 to 2020, including the (a) name of the national park, (b) name of the buyer, (c) method of sale such as the veld-to-veld sales, auction and/or donation, (d) number sold, auctioned and/or donated and (e) price of each rhino; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details in each case?
NW1292E 1106.
Ms A M M Weber (DA) to ask the Minister of Environmental Affairs, Forestry and Fisheries: Whether she will furnish Ms A M M Weber with a list of (a) all the transport permits of all (i) white and (ii) black rhinoceros in each national park that left the park through being (aa) bought, (bb) donated, (cc) veld-to-veld, (dd) auctioned and/or (ee) any other reason in each year since 2008 and (b) the (i) name of the national park, (ii) name of the recipient and (iii) valid permit number of the recipients (P3 Exemption) of receiving and/or owning the white and black rhinoceros?
NW1293E 1107.
Ms A L A Abrahams (DA) to ask the Minister of Social Development: Whether, with regard to the campaign of the Deputy Minister in KwaZulu-Natal entitled Good Deeds which commenced on 1 March 2020 until 14 March 2020, she will furnish Ms A L A Abrahams with (a) an explanation on how the campaign is aligned to the priorities and plans together with the outcomes achieved by her department, (b) the programme of the two week campaign, (c) a list of (i) ministerial and (ii) parliamentary officials who accompanied the Deputy Minister on the campaign and the specific role each played and (d) total cost for the entire campaign of the Deputy Minister as well as all staff including additional subsistence and travel claims submitted at the end of the campaign; if not, why not, in each case; if so, what are the relevant details in each case?
NW1294E INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 12 - 2021 Friday, 7 May 2021 330 1108.
Ms A L A Abrahams (DA) to ask the Minister of Social Development: (1) Whether, with regard to the campaign of the Deputy Minister in KwaZulu-Natal entitled Good Deeds which commenced on 1 March 2020 until 14 March 2020, her department paid for the (a) accommodation, (b) transportation and (c) subsistence and travel costs of the Deputy Minister and accompanying officials while they were staying at the Black Rock Garden Court from 11-12 March 2021; if not, who paid the bill; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) what was the total expenditure for the two days, including petty cash receipts?
NW1295E 1109.
Ms A L A Abrahams (DA) to ask the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure: (1) With reference to her reply to question 1486 on 18 August 2020, (a) what is the current status of the 13 buildings which her department was to hand over to the Minister of Social Development for the purpose of victim empowerment shelters to assist women, (b) which of the seven buildings that have been completely renovated are currently operational, (c) who is the appointed operational service provider for each building, (d) what are the reasons that completed shelters are not currently operational and (e) by what date will the specified shelters be operational; (2) by what date(s) does she envisage that the renovations of the remaining six buildings will (a) commence and (b) be completed in each case?
NW1296E 1110.
Mr G K Y Cachalia (DA) to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises: With reference to Eskom suspending stage two loadshedding between 10:00 and 14:00, in order for the nation to mourn the passing of the King on 18 March during the memorial service of King Goodwill Zwelithini, (a) how did Eskom arrive at the decision to suspend loadshedding for the memorial service, (b) what criteria were used to arrive at the decision, (c) by whose instruction was the suspension agreed to and (d) what total amount did Eskom spend on diesel fuel to provide uninterrupted electricity supply during the period?
NW1297E 1111.

Mr C H H Hunsinger (DA) to ask the Minister of Transport: Whether any of the staff of his department have been overseas since the period of the lockdown was instituted to curb the spread of the coronavirus; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) have any of them had difficulty in returning to the Republic, (b) in which countries were they, (c) for how long did they travel, (d) who are the staff members, (e) at what cost did they travel and (f) what is their current status?
NW1298E 1112.
Mr C H H Hunsinger (DA) to ask the Minister of Transport: (1) Whether the SA Airways (SAA) pilots have undergone any training recently; if not, on what date was the last training conducted; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether the SAA engineering department is working; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details; INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 12 - 2021 Friday, 7 May 2021 331 (3) what steps are considered against the crew who were responsible for the miscalculation on the recent SAA - A346 flight from Brussels to Johannesburg?
NW1299E 1113.
Dr L A Schreiber (DA) to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development: (1) Whether her department, as the majority shareholder in the Solms-Delta farm, has placed the farm in the Stellenbosch municipal area under business rescue; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) on what date was it placed under business rescue, (b) who are the business rescue practitioners and (c) what amount has been paid to the business rescue practitioners since the farm was placed under business rescue; (2) (3) whether the business rescue practitioners produced a business rescue plan; if not, why not; if so, will she furnish Dr L A Schreiber with a copy of the plan; (a) what is the current financial position of the farm and (b) how has the financial situation changed since the business rescue practitioners were appointed?
NW1300E 1114.
Dr L A Schreiber (DA) to ask the Minister of Public Service and Administration: (1) Whether he amended the Z83 application for employment form, as published in notice 627 of 2020 in the Government Gazette of 6 November 2020, to include a new racial category called Other to be listed alongside the existing categories of African, White, Coloured and Indian; if so, (2) (3) what is the legal definition (a) of the category called Other which does not exist in the Employment Equity Act, Act 55 of 1998, and (b) used by his department for the categories of (i) African, (ii) White, (iii) Coloured and (iv) Indian; whether a person classified as Other qualifies as a member of a designated group for the purposes of the Employment Equity Act, Act 58 of 1998, and broad- based black economic empowerment?
NW1301E 1115.
Dr L A Schreiber (DA) to ask the Minister of Public Service and Administration: (1) What happens if an applicant refuses to indicate their race in section B of the Z83 application for employment form; (2) whether his department classifies the race of an applicant who refuses to indicate their race; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, on what basis does his department classify a person as (i) Black, (ii) White, (c) Coloured, (iv) Indian and/or (v) Other; (3) what physical characteristics does his department take into account when classifying an applicant as Black, White, Coloured, Indian and/or Other?
NW1302E INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 12 - 2021 Friday, 7 May 2021 332 1116.
Dr D T George (DA) to ask the Minister of Finance: Whether, with reference to the Annual Performance Plan of the National Treasury, as well as his repeated commitments to zero-based budgeting, zero-based budgeting falls within the domain of any of the outcomes, output, and/or output indicators contained in table 7.2 under Programme 3 in the performance plan; if not, how is the performance plan congruent with his ostensible commitment to implementing zero-based budgeting, considering that zero-based budgeting is only explicitly mentioned once throughout the entire performance plan; if so, what are the relevant details?
NW1303E 1117.

Mr R A Lees (DA) to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises: With regard to the presentation by the SA Airways business rescue practitioners on 25 March 2021 to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, (a) what are the parliamentary and/or other processes that need to be resolved and/or followed before the R2,7 billion, earmarked for recapitalisation of the SA Airway's subsidiaries, will be paid out and (b) will these funds be paid to SAA or directly to the SAA subsidiaries?

NW1304E 1118.
NW1304E 1118.

Ms B S Masango (DA) to ask the Minister of Social Development: (a) On what date was the last SA Social Security Agency system update to accommodate all grants to be automated, (b) what types of grants need to be captured manually and (c) what is the total number of applications that need to be recaptured manually?

NW1305E 1119.
Mr R A Lees (DA) to ask the Minister of Transport: (1) Whether the SA Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) has established an Independent Accident/Incident Investigation Board; if not, why not; if so, what are the details of the board including, but not exclusively, (a) details of the members of the board, (b) details of the payments made to each member of the board for each year of its existence and (c) details of all accidents and/or incidents that the board has investigated since it was established; (2) (3) (4) whether an annual budget was allocated for the operations of the board since its establishment; if not, why not; if so, (a) from which financial year has an annual budget for the board been allocated and (b) what are the details of the budget in each financial year since it was established; whether the allocated budget was spent in each financial year; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details of the expenditure; what are details of the person(s) and/or institution(s) that are conducting an investigation into the alleged Alpha Floor incident that occurred during an SA Airways flight on or about 24 February 2021?
NW1306E 1120.
Mr R A Lees (DA) to ask the Minister of Transport: (1) What are the details of exemptions granted by the SA Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) to the SA Airways (SAA) in order to enable the SAA flights to and from Brussels to transport COVID-19 vaccines on or about 24 February 2021; INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 12 - 2021 Friday, 7 May 2021 333 (2) whether, given the exemptions for these flights granted by the SACAA, it is not a conflict of interest for the SACAA to investigate the Alpha Floor incident that occurred during the SAA flights to or from Brussels on or about 24 February 2021, as it may constitute SACAA investigating itself; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details of action taken or to be taken to ensure that the investigation of the SAA Alpha Floor incident is independently investigated and reported; (3) what are the details of the person(s) and/or institution(s) that are investigating the SACAA aircraft that crashed near George in the Western Cape on 23 January 2020?
NW1307E 1121.

Mr W F Faber (DA) to ask the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure: What total number of Members of Parliament were using the buses from the parliamentary villages to and from Parliament from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020?

NW1308E 1122.
Mr W F Faber (DA) to ask the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure: (a) How does she justify (i) all the bus trips that took place and accumulated to an amount of R1 058 330 for the period between August 2019 and December 2019 and (ii) the cost for bus transport from the three parliamentary villages to and from Parliament that amounted to R1,997 398, (b) what total number of Members of Parliament, excluding her department and sessional staff, have used the bus transport during this period per trip and (c) what is the cost per trip of transporting each Member of Parliament to and from Parliament and the parliamentary villages, taking into consideration that a single bus trip costs between R1780,00 and R1 950,00 depending from which parliamentary village they travel?
NW1309E 1123.

Mr M J Cuthbert (DA) to ask the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition: (a) With reference to his reply to question 139 on 1 March 2021, who was awarded the tender out of the 19 bidders and (b) will he furnish Mr M J Cuthbert with a copy of the (i) inception report, (ii) literature review and stakeholder mapping, (iii) data collection, (iv) desktop research stakeholder engagement and interviews and (v) draft report?

NW1310E 1124.
Mrs M B Hicklin (DA) to ask the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure: In 2014 her department serviced the clocks at the Union Buildings and opted to stop winding them and the clocks have been silent ever since and a certain person (name and details furnished) confirmed that the clocks are silent because they have not been wound, what are the reasons that the (a) clocks have not been wound, (b) Heritage Site has been neglected to the extent that the bells have been silent for almost seven years and (c) bells do not ring at the Union Buildings though her department gave assurances that it will investigate the silence and restart the clocks two years ago (details furnished)?
NW1311E INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 12 - 2021 Friday, 7 May 2021 334 1125.
Mrs M B Hicklin (DA) to ask the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure: (1) Whether her department will cede the Van Rooyen House of Horrors to the Capital Park Residents and Ratepayers Association (CAPPRA) that erected a fence around the property in order to turn it into a shelter, wellness and education centre to educate parents and children about the dangers of child trafficking and kidnapping (details furnished); if not, what are the reasons that her department has not maintained the property since 1996; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) what (a) steps will her department take to ensure that the house is turned into a shelter for victims of child trafficking and (b) assistance will her department require from the Heritage Advisory Service to ensure the that legacy of the Van Rooyen House of Horrors is appropriately allocated?
NW1312E 1126.

M. Gen O S Terblanche (DA) to ask the Minister of Police: (a) What are the reasons that 108 of the 178 members of the police who were criminally charged and convicted for misconduct are still serving in the SA Police Service (details furnished)?

NW1313E 1127.
NW1313E 1127.

Mr M Bagraim (DA) to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour: With respect to the second item on the list of external stakeholder's threats on page 46 of the Annual Performance Plan of the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) for 2021-22, (a) who are the civil society organisations that the CCMA is referring to and (b) what are the reasons that the CCMA perceives them as NW1314E posing a threat to its independence?

1128.
1128.

Mr L Mphithi (DA) to ask the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities: Will the National Youth Development Agency furnish Mr L Mphithi with a comprehensive list of all companies that were beneficiaries of the Youth Micro Enterprise Relief Fund, including the (a) name of each company and (b) amount disbursed for each province; if not, why not; if so, by what date?

NW1315E 1129.
NW1315E 1129.

Mr L Mphithi (DA) to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs: What steps has her department taken to assist the Joe Gqabi District Municipality to avert the water crisis that is currently affecting the municipality?

NW1316E 1130.
Mr M Bagraim (DA) to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour: (1) With reference to page 16 of the latest Annual Performance Plan of the Compensation Fund where it flags the Protection of Personal Information Act, Act 4 of 2013, as a threat within the legal environment, what has he found are the reasons that the Compensation Fund deems the specified Act a threat; (2) whether the Compensation Fund has found that the Act has proven to be an important safeguard against abuse of personal information; if not, what is the NW1317E position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 12 - 2021 Friday, 7 May 2021 335 1131.
Ms S Gwarube (DA) to ask the Minister of Health: What (a) has been the breakdown of the costs of corruption within his department in the past five financial years, (b) number of tenders have been cancelled as a result of irregularities and/or corruption in each province in the past five years, (c) is the total amount of irregular expenditure in each province in the past five years, (d) is the percentage of tenders that have been put on the e-Tender portal in each province in the past five years, (e) is the percentage of tenders that have been uploaded on e-portal sites in each province and (f) is the (i) national and (ii) provincial percentage of tender processes that are paper based?
NW1318E 1132.

Dr D T George (DA) to ask the Minister of Finance: With respect to the first strategic risk listed under the Internal Environment Analysis on page 11 of the latest Annual Performance Plan of the Accounting Standards Board, (a) what are the reasons for the systemic delays in the determination of the implementation date of Standards of Generally Recognised Accounting Practice (GRAP) and (b) by what date will the amendments to GRAP 104 be implemented?

NW1319E 1133.
NW1319E 1133.

Dr D T George (DA) to ask the Minister of Finance: Whether the National Treasury (a) has ever considered during the period 1994 to 2020, (b) is considering or (c) will consider the possibility to prohibit the extension of government guarantees to private sector loans incurred by state-owned enterprises; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

NW1320E 1134.
NW1320E 1134.

M. Gen O S Terblanche (DA) to ask the Minister of Police: What action was taken against (a) the security guards who allegedly assaulted and manhandled persons at the White River Police Station on 28 March 2021 (details furnished), (b) their employer and (c) the police officials on duty who failed to protect the complainants who fled to the police station for safety?

NW1321E 1135.
NW1321E 1135.

Mr N P Masipa (DA) to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development: What measures is her department taking with regard to the outbreak of locust that is affecting crops in the Northern Cape and other parts of the Republic?

NW1322E 1136.
Mr N P Masipa (DA) to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs: (1) What is the (a) extent of the commonage land in the Western Cape and (b) current usage of the commonage land; (2) whether the commonage land has water rights to allow farming to take place; if not, what steps will her department take to ensure that there are water rights; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) whether there are farming activities taking place on the commonage land; if not, why not; if so, what farming activities are taking place on the pieces of land; INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 12 - 2021 Friday, 7 May 2021 336 (4) whether she will furnish Mr N P Masipa with the relevant information regarding (a) land that has been invaded and (b) the action(s) that were taken regarding the situation; if not, why not; if so, by what date?
NW1323E 1137.
Mr N P Masipa (DA) to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs: (1) What is the (a) extent of the commonage land in Gauteng and (b) current usage of the commonage land; (2) (3) (4) whether the commonage land has water rights to allow farming to take place; if not, what steps will her department take to ensure that there are water rights; if so, what are the relevant details; whether there are farming activities taking place on the commonage land; if not, why not; if so, what farming activities are taking place on the pieces of land; whether she will furnish Mr N P Masipa with the relevant information regarding (a) land that has been invaded and (b) the action(s) that were taken regarding the situation; if not, why not; if so, by what date?
NW1324E 1138.
Mr J Selfe (DA) to ask the Minister of Police: (1) Whether police vehicles conveying awaiting-trial detainees to courts are permitted or required to (a) use sirens, (b) use blue lights and (c) exceed the speed limit; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) (3) whether such vehicles have ever come under attack; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details; whether such vehicles have ever been involved in traffic accidents, if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) were the drivers subjected to consequence management?
NW1326E 1139.
M. Gen O S Terblanche (DA) to ask the Minister of Police: (1) With reference to the reply by the Minister of Public Service and Administration to question 152 on 7 April 2021, (a) on which (i) salary level, (ii) rank and (iii) position is each of the 228 senior members of the SA Police Service currently serving; (2) whether each specified member has signed a performance agreement with their immediate commander; if not, why not; if so, are (a) regular performance assessments done and (b) the members meeting their set targets?
NW1327E 1140.

Mr M J Cuthbert (DA) to ask the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition: Whether, with regard to communication, media and marketing services, he will furnish Mr M J Cuthbert with the (a) list of (i) service providers, (ii) nature of services rendered, (iii) date on which services were provided and (iv) total value of contracts and (b) relevant details of the nature of the supply chain management processes that were followed for the contracts (details furnished)?
NW1328E INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 12 - 2021 Friday, 7 May 2021 337 1141.

Ms B S Masango (DA) to ask the Minister of Home Affairs: With reference to the reply by the Minister of Basic Education to question 875 on 13 April 2021, what (a) is the total number of unregistered children in each province born to (i) citizens of the Republic and (ii) foreign nationals in each year from 2013 to 2020 and (b) measures has his department put in place to ensure registration of new-born babies?
NW1329E 1142.

Mr H S Gumbi (DA) to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs: What is the total number of water tankers that operated in Ward 3, uMzinyathi, in the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality in each year since 2010?

NW1330E 1143.
NW1330E 1143.

Mr H S Gumbi (DA) to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs: What (a) is the total amount that has been spent on (i) water tankers and (ii) bulk water infrastructure in Ward 3, uMzinyathi, in the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality in each financial year since 2010?

NW1331E 1144.
NW1331E 1144.

Mr H S Gumbi (DA) to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs: What (a) is the total number of water tankers that operated in KwaMashu area in each year since 2010 and (b) is the total amount spent on the (i) water tankers and (ii) bulk infrastructure in the specified area in each specified year?

NW1332E 1145.
NW1332E 1145.

Mr M J Cuthbert (DA) to ask the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition: Whether, with reference to his reply to question 466 on 19 March 2021, he will furnish Mr M J Cuthbert with a detailed breakdown of the R31 356 005, 33 expenditure relating to a certain company (name furnished) in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017; if not, why not; if so, by what date?

NW1333E 1146.
Mr J Selfe (DA) to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services: Whether, with reference to his reply to question 421 on 1 April 2021, every regulation issued in terms of section 134 of the Correctional Services Act, Act 111 of 1998, has been referred to the relevant Parliamentary committees overseeing his department, as is required by subsection 134(5), since the inception of the specified Act; if not, (a) which regulation(s) has or have not been referred to the relevant Parliamentary committees and (b) what are the reasons that each specified regulation was not referred to the relevant Parliamentary committee; if so, what are the relevant details in each case?
NW1335E INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 12 - 2021 Friday, 7 May 2021 338 1147.
Mr G K Y Cachalia (DA) to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises: Whether, with reference to a certain forensic investigation (details furnished) into a certain company (name furnished), which made a donation of R100 000 to the ruling party after it was helped to secure a deal to supply Eskom with fuel at inflated prices with the help of an Eskom executive, Eskom has taken any steps to recover the illegal donation to the ruling party; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

NW1336E 1148.
Mr C Brink (DA) to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs: Whether, with reference to the Ratings Afrika’s Municipal Sustainability Index which has constantly ranked the City of Cape Town as the most financially sustainable metro in the Republic, in the interests of cooperative governance, her department has ever considered replicating the Cape Town model to assist struggling metros across the Republic to improve their financial sustainability, if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
NW1337E 1149.

Ms E R J Spies (DA) to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs: (1) (2) What steps will municipalities take to protect poor and indigent households following the 16% Eskom tariff increase; whether electricity tariff subsidies will be extended to households which lost income due to job losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

NW1338E 1150.
NW1338E 1150.

Mrs A Steyn (DA) to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development: Whether her department is involved in any court cases against the Mthonjaneni Community Trust; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what (a) is the total number of cases that her department is involved in and (b) are the relevant details of the dispute in each case?

NW1339E 1151.
Mr G K Y Cachalia (DA) to ask the Minister of Finance: Whether, considering the severe impact of load shedding on the economy and investment, the National Treasury has ever made a full cost analysis of the impact that load shedding has had on the Republic’s Gross Domestic Product since 2008; if not, why not; if so, what (a) is the total monetary value in Rand that the economy lost through load shedding since 2008 and (b) are the further relevant details of the economic loss suffered in the specified period?
NW1340E INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 12 - 2021 Friday, 7 May 2021 339 1152.
Mr M Chetty (DA) to ask the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation: Whether, with regard to the Republic’s COVID-19 vaccine procurement that has lagged behind compared to most other emerging countries, her department has made an effort to leverage the Republic’s bilateral cooperation agreements with vaccine producing countries to procure more vaccines; if not, why not; if so, what are the further relevant details?

NW1341E 1153.
NW1341E 1153.

Mr K J Mileham (DA) to ask the Minister Mineral Resources and Energy: In light of the fact that the Turkish company (name furnished) which was listed as one of the preferred bids under Risk Mitigation Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme to supply three power ships to alleviate the Republic’s power challenges, what (a) will be the total combined power output of the three power ships and (b) total amount will it cost for each ship to (i) produce and (ii) transmit power to the grid?
NW1342E 1154.
Ms E L Powell (DA) to ask the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation: (1) What total number of fidelity fund certificates were issued by the Estate Agency Affairs Board in each month in the period 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2020; (2) what total number of incoming calls were (a) picked up by the automated welcome voice message, (b) answered by staff members and (c) disconnected without being answered at each specified office of the Estate Agency Affairs Board nationwide in each month in the period 01 January 2020 to 31 December 2020?
NW1343E 1155.
Mr D Joseph (DA) to ask the Minister of Home Affairs: With reference to elections that have been held by countries on the African continent during the COVID-19 pandemic, what (a) total number of African countries continued with general elections in the period 1 September 2020 and 30 May 2021, (b) key lessons has the (i) Government and (ii) Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) learnt from the specified elections, particularly in terms of ensuring that the health and safety of (aa) voters and (bb) IEC staff will not be compromised during the upcoming local government elections, (c) total number of the elections in Africa did the IEC attend to observe their registration period, campaign period and/or election day and (d) is the additional estimated budget to ensure free and fair elections in a pandemic environment?
NW1344E INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 12 - 2021 Friday, 7 May 2021 340 1156.
Ms N K Sharif (DA) to ask the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities: (1) With reference to the report of the Commission for Gender Equality on the Emergency Response Action Plan (ERAP) on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF), which shows that her department failed to meet any of its targets under Thematic Area 4: Strengthen accountability and architecture to adequately respond to the scourge of GBV, what (a) are the reasons that none of the five targets in the specified thematic area were met, when it was the responsibility of her Office to ensure that targets were met and (b) consequence management has she put in place to ensure that the targets will be met; (2) given the fact that her department continues to fail in its role of monitoring and evaluation as highlighted by the lack of systems in place to ensure key departments involved in the ERAP implementation are indeed meeting targets and implementing recommendations on the fight against GBVF, what are the details of the work that she and/or her Office has done to ensure that monitoring and evaluation systems have been put in place?
NW1345E 1157.
Ms N K Sharif (DA) to ask the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities: Whether, with reference to the R1,6 billion that was allocated to the Commission for Gender Equality to report on the implementation of the Government’s Emergency Response Action Plan on Gender Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) in 2019, her department will furnish Ms N K Sharif with (a) a breakdown of the total amount of the R1,6 billion that has been spent, (b) a detailed breakdown of line items of the R1,6 million that has been spent, including a list of expenditure by her department and (c) the total amount of the R1,6 billion that is left over and where the money is located; if not, why not; if so, what monitoring and evaluation mechanisms has her department used to ensure that the money has been spent on GBVF?
NW1346E 1158.
Ms N K Sharif (DA) to ask the Minister of Police: (1) What are the relevant details of the backlog related to forensic cases of gender- based violence at forensic laboratories as at the latest specified date for which information is available; (2) what (a) are the details of the training that has been conducted on the guidelines of management of survivors of sexual violence (i) at each police station and (ii) in each province, (b) is the total number of police officers who have been trained in each specified case, (c) are the names of facilitators of each training in each case, (d) was the duration of each training in each case and (e) plans have been put in place to ensure all police officers are trained?
NW1347E 1159.
Mr L J Basson (DA) to ask the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation: (1) Whether she will furnish Mr L J Basson with a copy of the agreement between the Republic of South Africa and the Republic of Cuba on co-operation in the field of water resource management, which she signed on 7 February 2021; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 12 - 2021 Friday, 7 May 2021 341 (2) whether she will make a statement on the matter?
NW1348E 1160.
Mr L J Basson (DA) to ask the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation: (1) Whether, with reference to the agreement between the Republic of South Africa and the Republic of Cuba on co-operation in the field of water resource management, which she signed on 7 February 2021, her department had taken steps to ascertain, prior to the signing of the agreement, whether South African citizens could be employed in the field of water and resource management; if not, why not; if so, what are the details of the steps taken, (2) whether she will make a statement on the matter?
NW1349E 1161.
Mr L J Basson (DA) to ask the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation: With reference to the agreement between the Republic of South Africa and the Republic of Cuba on co-operation in the field of water resource management, which she signed on 7 February 2021, what (a) number of Cuban nationals are (i) currently employed and (ii) will be employed by her department, (b) specific work roles are envisaged for the Cuban nationals, (c) are the specific skills set of each of the Cuban nationals that are not possessed by South African nationals (i) currently employed and (ii) will be employed by her department, (d) are the details of the process followed to ensure that the same skills set was and/or is not available in the Republic and amongst South African citizens and (e) is the total cost of the (i) employment and/or (ii) prospective employment of such Cuban nationals?
NW1350E 1162.

Mr T R Majola (DA) to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises: (a) What total number of applications for rental relief has Transnet received in the 2020- 21 financial year, (b) who has applied for rental relief, (c) which applications have been approved and (d) what is the Rand value of each approved application?

NW1351E 1163.
NW1351E 1163.

Mr T R Majola (DA) to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises: With reference to his reply to question 565 on 16 April 2021, what are the reasons that there is no planned capital and equipment investments in the short term for the (a) Port of Cape Town and (b) Port of Saldanha Bay?

NW1352E 1164.
NW1352E 1164.

Mr T R Majola (DA) to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises: With reference to his reply to question 859 on 16 April 2021, (a) over what time period does R50 million expenditure span and (b) what amount of the R1 billion (i) has already been invested and (ii) still needs to be invested?

NW1353E 1165.
NW1353E 1165.

Mr J Selfe (DA) to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services: Whether the State Attorney has been requested by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure to begin proceedings to evict the illegal occupants from Elwyn Court, Chelmsford Road, Vredehoek; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) on what date, (b) what action has the State Attorney taken in this respect and (c) on what date is it envisaged that the illegal occupants will be evicted?
NW1354E INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 12 - 2021 Friday, 7 May 2021 342 1166.
Mrs C Phillips (DA) to ask the Minister of Environmental Affairs, Forestry and Fisheries: (1) Which company provided Radiosondes to the SA Weather Services (SAWS) from 2016 to 2019; (2) (3) whether the SAWS issued the tender with bid number SAWS – 170/18 for the procurement of Upper Air Sounding Network for a period of 36 months on an operating lease basis and the supply of upper air radiosondes to the SAWS, which closed on 15 February and was duly awarded to a certain company (name furnished); if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what (a) were the reasons that the tender was changed from 36 month contract to a twelve 12 month contract and (b) are the further relevant details; whether the SAWS issued the tender bid SAWS 213 for the procurement of Upper Air Sounding Network for a period of 36 months on an operating lease basis and the supply of upper air radiosondes to the SAWS, which closed on 22 November 2019 and was duly awarded to a certain company (name furnished); if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the further relevant details?
NW1355E 1167.

Mr S Ngcobo (DA) to ask the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities: (a) What (i) did the research on impact of COVID-19 on persons with disabilities which was done in partnership with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights entail and (ii) were the outcomes of the research and (b) what is the breakdown of the spending of the R340 000 budget allocation for the research?

NW1356E 1168.
Mr C Brink (DA) to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs: Whether, in light of the one-year anniversary of the implementation of the different levels of lockdown in the Republic, the Government has ever conducted and/or outsourced a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis of every lockdown level in order to determine whether the costs of the various lockdown levels outweighed the benefits or not, where such costs and benefits are defined in terms of years of life lost and gained, respectively; if not, why not; if so, what are the further relevant details of the analysis?
NW1357E 1169.
Mr K J Mileham (DA) to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises: (a) Which companies according to the latest available data have contracts to supply coal to Eskom, (b) on what date (i) did each contract start and (ii) does each contract end, (c) what is the current contracted price per ton, (d) which power stations are supplied, (e) which specific mine supplies each specified plant, (f) what grade of coal is supplied in each case and (g)(i) how is the coal transported to each specified power station and (ii) what additional costs are incurred for transportation?
NW1358E INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 12 - 2021 Friday, 7 May 2021 343 1170.
Mr K J Mileham (DA) to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises: (a) What was the incremental cost to Eskom for suspending stage 2 loadshedding on 18 March 2021 for the purposes of King Goodwill Zwelethini’s funeral, (b) what total amount of additional diesel and/or other combustible fuel was consumed for this purpose, (c) on what basis was the decision made to suspend loadshedding for this time frame and (d) who took the decision to suspend loadshedding?

NW1359E 1171.
Mr T W Mhlongo (DA) to ask the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture: (1) (2) (3) (4) In light of the alleged mismanagement of the funding from the Presidential Employment Stimulus Programme by the National Art Council (NAC), (a) what steps is he taking regarding the mismanagement of funds at National Arts Council and (b) who will be accountable; whether his department has taken any legal steps against persons who are involved in the mismanagement of funding at the NAC; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; whether the NAC paid close to R600 000 to foot the legal bills relating to the internal disciplinary hearing of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO); if not, why not; if so, (a) what are the reasons that the NAC paid the legal bills of the CEO, (b) what total amount did the NAC pay in this regard; on what date is it envisaged that the (a) suspension and (b) disciplinary action relating to the (i) CEO and (ii) Chief Financial Officer will be finalised?
NW1360E 1172.
Mr T W Mhlongo (DA) to ask the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture: (1) With regard to the phase 1 and 2 COVID-19 sport relief funding allocation, what is the list of all those who have been paid, including the amount that each has been paid; (2) (3) whether phase 1 is now completed; if not, why not; if so, (a) who was paid and (b) what amount in each case; (a) what is the full list of those who are contracted on phase 2, including the names of those who were served with letters and those who have not yet been served, (b) what is the full list of all sport recipients, (c) on what date will payments be finalised for all sport beneficiaries, (d) on what date will payments be finalised for all those still waiting payment, (e) on what date will payments and letters be finalised for all those still under review to date, (f) on what date will those who have been rejected be notified and (g) what total amount was paid to all sport beneficiaries in phase 1 and phase 2?
NW1361E 1173.

Mr S Ngcobo (DA) to ask the Minister of Social Development: Whether she will furnish Mr S Ngcobo with a list indicating (a) the total number of non-governmental organisations (NGO) that (i) are registered in the disability sector and (ii) are funded by her department in each province and (b) the total amount of funding allocated for each specified NGO; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
NW1362E INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 12 - 2021 Friday, 7 May 2021 344 1174.
Mr S Ngcobo (DA) to ask the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities: (1) (2) Whether there are any plans in place to help non-governmental organisations in the disability sector that are struggling financially; if not; whether such plans will be developed; if not, why not; if so, (a) by what date and (b) what (i) are the details of such plans and (ii) budget has been allocated in this regard?

NW1364E 1175.
Mr A N Sarupen (DA) to ask the Minister of Finance: (1) Whether, with regard to sovereign debt obligations of the Government and its entities, the current projections indicate that all national debt obligations that are to be repaid between 2022 and 2025 will be met; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) (3) whether any (a) debt roll-over and (b) defaults are anticipated; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; whether the Government has contingency plans in place to ensure that it is able to meet and/or does not miss its obligations; if not, (a) why not and (b) what steps are being taken to avert a sovereign debt crisis; if so, what are the relevant details?
NW1365E 1176.

Mr A N Sarupen (DA) to ask the Minister of Finance: Whether the National Treasury has conducted any (a) research on how the proposed land expropriation without compensation would impact on investor confidence and (b) risk assessment of the impact of land expropriation without compensation on the economy; if not, why not in each case; if so, what are the relevant details in each case?

NW1366E 1177.
NW1366E 1177.

Mr A N Sarupen (DA) to ask the Minister of Finance: (1) Whether any Value-Added Tax (VAT) refunds are overdue for payment; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what is the total outstanding amount per economic sector; (2) whether any steps will be taken to resolve any backlog in the payment of overdue VAT refunds; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

NW1367E INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 12 - 2021 Friday, 7 May 2021 345 1178.
Mr Z N Mbhele (DA) to ask the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies: With regard to the broadcast digital migration project, what (a) total number of households (i) have been identified as requiring state assistance, through subsidies or otherwise, to migrate from analogue to digital broadcast signal reception and (ii) that were identified have already been migrated to date in each province, (b) are the cumulative monthly household broadcast migration targets in each province until the envisaged completion of the project and (c) are the (i) allocated budgets for the project and (ii) anticipated shortfalls in relation to the specified household migration targets in each province?
NW1368E 1179.
Mr J R B Lorimer (DA) to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy: (1) Whether he has found that a certain mining company (name furnished), which conducted mining activities south of the TC Esterhuysen Primary School, in Riverlea, Johannesburg, contravened mining regulations during its tenure; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) what specific actions did his department take in this regard, (b) on what date was action taken and (c) what is the status of the mining licence granted for the specified area; (2) whether his department is involved in the rehabilitation of the site; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) were contractors appointed to rehabilitate the site; if not, who will rehabilitate the site; if so, what are the relevant details; (4) (a) on what date will the rehabilitation operations on the site (i) commence and (ii) be completed and (b) what is the (i) source of rehabilitation funds and (ii) projected total cost of the rehabilitation process?
NW1369E 1180.
Mr J R B Lorimer (DA) to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy: Whether, with regard to bids accepted for the Risk Mitigation Independent Power Procurement Programme, his department has calculated the estimated additional costs that will be incurred in respect of each of the projects as a result of the adherence to (a) Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment legislation and regulations and (b) local content legislation and/or regulations; if not, why not; if so, what are the further relevant details?
NW1370E 1181.
Mr J R B Lorimer (DA) to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy: (1) Whether his department has been informed of the open mine shaft directly south of the Zamampilo informal settlement at Riverlea, Johannesburg; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, by what date will his department (a) inspect and (b) close the shaft; (2) whether his department has plans in the interim to erect warnings and/or barriers around the shaft to prevent persons falling into it pending closure; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
NW1371E INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 12 - 2021 Friday, 7 May 2021 346 1182.

Ms M D Hlengwa (IFP) to ask the Minister of Health: (1) Following the recent fire that broke out at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital which saw operations being halted, what is the extent of the (a) damage and (b) disruption caused in the services provided to patients at the hospital; (2) were there any lives lost as a direct result of the fire; if so, what are the relevant details?

NW1372E 1183.
NW1372E 1183.

Ms S A Buthelezi (IFP) to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs: Whether postponing the elections forms part of the contingency plans that the Government has in place, given the uncertainty about the trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the full relevant details of the plans?

NW1373E 1184.
NW1373E 1184.

Ms S A Buthelezi (IFP) ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs: What has she found to be the ramifications of her publication of a notice in the Government Gazette extending the national state of disaster to 15 May 2021 on preparations for the local government elections?

NW1374E 1185.
NW1374E 1185.

Ms S A Buthelezi (IFP) to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs: In light of the announcement by the President of the Republic, Mr M C Ramaphosa, of 27 October 2021 as the date for the local government elections, what are the details of the measures that she intends to put in place to balance COVID-19 restrictions with the opening of political spaces for campaigning?

NW1375E 1186.
NW1375E 1186.

Mr M N Nxumalo (IFP) to ask the Minister of Small Business Development: Whether she has found that her department’s Debt Relief Finance Scheme for small, medium and micro-enterprise affected by the COVID-19 pandemic was executed transparently and effectively; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the details of the measures that her department put in place to promote fairness?

NW1376E 1187.
NW1376E 1187.

Inkosi R N Cebekhulu (IFP) to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development: (1) What is the status of the Agri-Parks Programme; (2) whether her department has spent the budgeted amount on the project so far; if not, (a) what total amount has been the budget overrun and (b) how does she intend to ensure that the project benefits local communities for whom it is intended; if so, what are the further relevant details?
NW1378E INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 12 - 2021 Friday, 7 May 2021 347 1188.
Inkosi R N Cebekhulu (IFP) to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development: Whether she has a strategy in place to assist small-scale farmers in the 2021-2022 financial year to boost their production; if not, why not; if so, (a) what is the (i) nature and (ii) estimated budget of the strategy and (b) how will the strategy contribute in ensuring that small-scale farmers gain access to expert support about finance, markets and technology?

NW1379E 1189.
NW1379E 1189.

Inkosi R N Cebekhulu (IFP) to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development: Whether she has provided farmers who are leasing state-owned land with assurance that their leases will be renewed; if not, why not; if so, what mechanisms has she put to prevent arbitrary refusal to renew such leases?

NW1380E 1190.
NW1380E 1190.

Ms M D Hlengwa (IFP) to ask the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities: (a) What extraordinary measures have been taken by her Office to cushion the youth from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, given the high rate of unemployment it is facing and (b) how will the proposed plans be sustained in the Post-COVID-19 period?

NW1381E 1191.
NW1381E 1191.

Ms M D Hlengwa (IFP) to ask the Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities: Whether her Office took any steps to promote women’s financial inclusion and economic emancipation since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

NW1382E 1192.
Mr M N Nxumalo (IFP) to ask to the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation: (1) With reference to the budget cuts for all government departments in the 2020-21 financial year, including the Department of Higher Education and Training, what is the long-term plan of his department regarding (a) students’ historic debt and (b) safeguarding the integrity and financial sustainability of universities, given the billions owed to the institutions by students and the ongoing cuts on research and funding for universities experienced recently; (2) whether he is undertaking any consultations with other stakeholders and affected students regarding his department’s processes of addressing the plight of university students falling into the missing middle; if not, why not; if so, who is being consulted in making a holistic decision in addressing this issue?
NW1383E INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 12 - 2021 Friday, 7 May 2021 348 1193.
Mr M Hlengwa (IFP) to ask the Minister of Small Business Development: Whether, with reference to the Digital Transformation Index 2020 report compiled by Dell Technologies that the COVID-19 pandemic has seen local organisations accelerate digital transformation in the Republic, and in order to take full advantage of the digital transformation that is underway, her department has a plan in place to supplement an enabling policy framework with swift infrastructure improvements to support small-, medium- and micro-enterprises; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
NW1384E 1194.

Mr S L Ngcobo (IFP) to ask the Minister of Home Affairs: With regard to the Inter-Ministerial Committee co-chaired by him and the Minister of Employment and Labour established in 2020, what measures have been put in place to effectively deal with issues of migration and labour since the inception of the committee?

NW1385E 1195.
NW1385E 1195.

Mr S L Ngcobo (IFP) to ask the Minister of Basic Education: With reference to her media briefing on 30 April 2021 regarding the end of her department’s youth employment initiative, (a) how will the second phase of the initiative be rolled out and (b) what support structures are there to support teachers and learners in the immediate period since the second term commences in May 2021?

NW1386E 1196.
NW1386E 1196.

Mr S L Ngcobo (IFP) to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour: With regard to the Inter-Ministerial Committee co-chaired by him and the Minister of Home Affairs established in 2020, what measures have been put in place to effectively deal with issues of migration and labour since the inception of the committee?

NW1387E 1197.
NW1387E 1197.

Ms T Breedt (FF Plus) to ask the Minister of Police: (1) Whether, in the event of a tip-off, the SA Police Service has a protocol in place to immediately respond and prevent an imminent farm attack; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether he will make a statement on the matter?

NW1388E 1198.
NW1388E 1198.

Mr M Hlengwa (IFP) to ask the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation: What is the Government’s official policy position regarding the newly established government of Chad led by Mahamat Idriss Deby following the death of the President of that country, Mr Idriss Deby?

NW1390E 1199.
NW1390E 1199.

Mr M Hlengwa (IFP) to ask the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation: Whether any plans have been put in place between the Republic of South Africa and the Republic of India for COVID-19 resources cooperation, given the possible new COVID-19 strain from India that may have entered South Africa; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

NW1391E INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 12 - 2021 Friday, 7 May 2021 349 1200.
Prof C T Msimang (IFP) to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services: (1) (2) Whether, in light of the popular Netflix documentary series titled Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons, whose Season 5 featured a hard look inside the Brandvlei Correctional Centre in the Western Cape that is home to the notorious number gangs, he has been informed of the show as it portrays to the world a daily account of the lives of the inmates at the prison; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, whether his department has done anything to address the challenges that the wardens are faced with at this particular centre and others like it; if not, why not; if so, what are the further relevant details?
NW1392E 1201.

Prof C T Msimang (IFP) to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services: What total number of (a) prison escape attempts that implicated prison staff has his department noted in the past two years and (b) arrests have been made in this regard?

NW1393E 1202.
Ms Z Majozi (IFP) to ask the Minister of Police: (1) Whether he has found that the statistics contained in the latest reports on police brutality in the Republic, which indicate that nearly 60 000 cases were opened against police officers between 2010 and 2020, with 3 600 cases resulting in deaths, while 2 155 cases were deaths in police custody, is congruent with the SA Police Service statistics of police brutality; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) does his department have a solid plan in place to ensure that persons in police custody do not lose their lives at an alarming rate; if not, why not; if so, what total number of the cases of deaths in police custody have led to convictions?
NW1394E 1203.

Ms Z Majozi (IFP) to ask the Minister of Police: Whether, following his statement in February while delivering the third quarter crime statistics that SA Police Service (SAPS) must change its responses to the cash-in-transit heists and other similar kinds of robberies, the SAPS has made any significant strides in implementing different and more effective solutions to the specified robberies, particularly cash-in-transit heists; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
NW1395E 1204.

Ms L L van der Merwe (IFP) to ask the Minister of Health: What is the total number of babies who were born to undocumented foreign nationals and/or illegal migrants in government health facilities in each year in the past five years?

NW1396E 1205.

Ms L L van der Merwe (IFP) to ask the Minister of Basic Education: What total number of children of undocumented foreign nationals and/or illegal migrants are currently enrolled at government schools?
NW1397E INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 12 - 2021 Friday, 7 May 2021 350 1206.
Ms L L van der Merwe (IFP) to ask the Minister of Home Affairs: With regard to the Inter-Ministerial Committee he chairs jointly with the Minister of Employment and Labour, what (a) progress has been made with regard to a review of complaints from citizens that many sectors such as the trucking, hospitality, beauty, security and delivery prefer to employ foreign nationals only, (b) is the long-term plan with regard to the special permits that were issued to the nationals of Lesotho, Zimbabwe and Angola and (c) is the vision and mission of the specified Inter- Ministerial Committee?
NW1398E 1207.
Mr N Singh (IFP) to ask the Minister of Environmental Affairs, Forestry and Fisheries: With reference to the 580-page High-Level Panel Report that was released recently, and particularly her acceptance of the panel majority finding that the treatment of captive bred lions was unacceptable and detrimental to the image of the Republic as a prime tourist destination, yet she stated that the breeding of ranched lions will be permitted, what are the details of how ranched lion breeding will be any different from captive breeding of lions?
NW1399E 1208.

Mr N Singh (IFP) to ask the Minister of Environmental Affairs, Forestry and Fisheries: Given the recent government procurement of emergency electricity through floating power ships, what (a) is her position regarding concerns that the power ships could disadvantage small-scale fishing communities by scaring away fish and (b) has she found to be the long-term impact of the said power ships on fishing in the affected areas?

NW1400E 1209.
NW1400E 1209.

Mr N Singh (IFP) to ask the Minister of Finance: Whether the Government and/or National Treasury intends to provide financial assistance to the ailing domestic airline industry; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what (a) is the short-term strategy and (b) are the specifications of its implementation, including budgetary issues?

NW1401E 1210.
NW1401E 1210.

Prince M G Buthelezi (IFP) to ask the Minister of Finance: Given the recent publication of the annual report of the SA Post Office’s financial results for 2019-20 financial year, which shows that the Post Office is technically insolvent, what is the National Treasury’s plan to return the Post Office to solvency?

NW1402E 1211.
NW1402E 1211.

Prince M G Buthelezi (IFP) to ask the Minister of Finance: Whether, in light of the recent developments about the refusal of some banks to provide banking facilities to certain black entities, the National Treasury has a strategy to ensure that banks contribute without discrimination to the (a) transformation agenda and (b) economic inclusiveness; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
NW1403E INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 12 - 2021 Friday, 7 May 2021 351 1212.

Inkosi B N Luthuli (IFP) to ask the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture: Whether, in light of the outrage regarding the tracksuits worn by Team SA at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, his department intervened to ensure that a similar mistake does not occur at the upcoming Olympics; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

NW1404E 1213.
NW1404E 1213.

Ms N N Chirwa (EFF) to ask the Minister of Health: Whether (a) the President, (b) the Deputy President, (c) any of the Cabinet Ministers, (d) any of the Deputy Ministers and/or their (e) spouses, (f) partners and (g) children have been vaccinated against COVID-19; if so, (i) on what dates in each case and (ii) where did the vaccinations take place in each case?
NW1406E SUMMARY OF OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS QUESTIONS FOR ORAL REPLY QUESTIONS TO WHICH A REPLY WAS NOT SUBMITTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 143(1) AND SUBSEQUENTLY ENDORSED AS UNANSWERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 143(2) WEDNESDAY, 3 MARCH 2021 CLUSTER 1: PEACE AND SECURITY 26.

Adv G Breytenbach (DA) (p 7)—Justice and Correctional Services.
QUESTIONS FOR WRITTEN REPLY QUESTIONS TO WHICH A REPLY WAS NOT SUBMITTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 145(5) AND SUBSEQUENTLY ENDORSED AS UNANSWERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 146(3) THURSDAY, 11 FEBRUARY 2021 ◙36.

Ms C N Mkhonto (EFF) (p 10)—Justice and Correctional Services.

◙39.

Ms B Mathulelwa (EFF) (p 10)—Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development.

INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 12 - 2021 Friday, 7 May 2021 352 ◙65.

Mr K P Sithole (IFP) (p 14)—Transport.

◙110.


Mr C Brink (DA) (p 23)—Finance.

◙127.

Mr H C C Krüger (DA) (p 26)—Finance.

◙128.

Mr H C C Krüger (DA) (p 26)—Finance.

◙129.

Dr L A Schreiber (DA) (p 26)—Finance.

◙148.

Ms B S Masango (DA) (p 30)—Justice and Correctional Services.

◙193.

Mr D J Stubbe (DA) (p 38)—Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs.

◙220.

Ms S J Graham (DA) (p 45)—Public Works and Infrastructure.

◙221.

Ms S J Graham (DA) (p 45)—Public Works and Infrastructure.
FRIDAY, 19 FEBRUARY 2021 ◙271.

Mr B S Madlingozi (EFF) (p 57)—Justice and Correctional Services.

◙282.

Ms A L A Abrahams (DA) (p 59)—Social Development.

◙296.

Mr C Brink (DA) (p 61)—Finance.

◙308.

Dr L A Schreiber (DA) (p 64)—Public Service and Administration.

◙319.

Mr C MacKenzie (DA) (p 66)—Communications and Digital Technologies.

◙326.

Dr A Lotriet (DA) (p 68)—Finance.

◙333.

Ms S J Graham (DA) (p 70)—Public Works and Infrastructure.

◙375.

Dr D T George (DA) (p 77)—Finance.

◙398.


Ms L L van der Merwe (IFP) (p 82)—Social Development.

FRIDAY, 26 FEBRUARY 2021 ◙434.

Mr N S Matiase (EFF) (p 106)—Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development.

◙478.

Mr G G Hill-Lewis (DA) (p 114)—Finance.

◙494.

Mrs G Opperman (DA) (p 117)—Social Development.

◙499.

Ms A L A Abrahams (DA) (p 119)—Social Development.

◙539.

Mr C MacKenzie (DA) (p 130)—Communications and Digital Technologies.

◙551.

Ms A L A Abrahams (DA) (p 133)—Social Development.


◙558.

Mr J W W Julius (DA) (p 134)—Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation.

◙577.

Mrs A Steyn (DA) (p 137)—Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development.

◙581.

Ms E R J Spies (DA) (p 138)—Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs.

◙590.

Ms Z Majozi (IFP) (p 212)—The Minister in the Presidency.
[Interdepartmentally transferred from the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies with effect 1 March 2021] INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 12 - 2021 Friday, 7 May 2021 353 FRIDAY, 5 MARCH 2021 ◙603.

Mrs G Opperman (DA) (p 167)—Social Development.

[93] [Question submitted for oral reply now placed for written reply because it is in excess of quota (Rule 137(8))].

◙605.
◙605.

Mr N F Shivambu (EFF) to ask the Minister of Health: [Interdepartmentally transferred from the Minister of Finance with effect 14 April 2021] What total number of persons will be vaccinated from the R10 billion allocated for the purchase and delivery of COVID-19 vaccines?

NW721E ◙613.

Mr M K Montwedi (EFF) (p 168)—Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development.

◙623.

Ms P Madokwe (EFF) (p 170)—Mineral Resources and Energy.

◙633.

Ms L H Arries (EFF) (p 171)—Social Development.

◙662.
◙662.

Mr A N Sarupen (DA) (p 177)—Minister in The Presidency.

◙665.

Mr T C R Walters (DA) (p 177)—Communications and Digital Technologies.

◙670.

Mr W F Faber (DA) (p 178)—Finance.

◙679.

Mr L J Basson (DA) (p 179)— Minister in The Presidency.

◙685.

Mrs N I Tarabella Marchesi (DA) (p 180)—Social Development.

◙690.

Mr S Ngcobo (DA) (p 181)—Transport.

◙691.

Mr G G Hill-Lewis (DA) (p 181)—Finance.

◙698.

Dr M M Gondwe (DA) (p 182)—Public Service and Administration.

◙706.
◙706.

Mr R A Lees (DA) (p 184)—Public Enterprises.

◙714.

Mr M S Malatsi (DA) (p 186)— Minister in The Presidency.

◙728.

Mr J R B Lorimer (DA) (p 189)—Mineral Resources and Energy.

◙731.

Mr C Brink (DA) (p 190)—Finance.

◙738.

Ms B M van Minnen (DA) (p 192)—Transport.

◙739.

Ms B M van Minnen (DA) (p 192)—Transport.

◙742.

Mr G G Hill-Lewis (DA) (p 192)—Finance.

◙753.

Ms S J Graham (DA) (p 195)—Public Works and Infrastructure.

◙764.
◙764.

Mrs A Steyn (DA) (p 197)—Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development.

FRIDAY, 12 MARCH 2021 ◙779.

Mrs C C S Motsepe (EFF) (p 302)—Finance.

[Interdepartmentally transferred from the Minister of Public Service and Administration with effect 15 March 2021] ◙782.

Ms R N Komane (EFF) (p 225)—Public Service and Administration.

◙811.

Ms E L Powell (DA) (p 229)—Finance.

◙813.

Mr G G Hill-Lewis (DA) (p 229)—Finance.


INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 12 - 2021 Friday, 7 May 2021 354 ◙814.
Mr G G Hill-Lewis (DA) to ask the Minister of Finance: (1) With respect to the 2020 Annual Report of the Public Investment Corporation, what are the reasons that the corporation did not ensure that investment activities performed complied with investment policies and guidelines required by section 10(1) & (2) of the Public Investment Corporation Act, Act 24 of 2004, as identified by the Auditor- General; (2) what are the reasons for omitting to perform enhanced due diligence on politically exposed persons (PEPs) at pre-investment and for PEPs that was identified after the approval of an investment as required by the specified policy; (3) what are the reasons for the lack of adequate pre-investment due diligence, including pre-investment valuation of investment deals, due to supporting documentation not being available and inadequate justification of assumptions used in the valuation; (4) what are the reasons for the lack of a collateral management policy/framework which led to the Auditor-General being unable to confirm the adequacy of collateral on debt instruments?
NW973E ◙825.

Dr M M Gondwe (DA) (p 232)—Public Service and Administration.

◙826.

Dr M M Gondwe (DA) (p 232)—State Security.

◙827.

Dr M M Gondwe (DA) (p 233)—Public Service and Administration.

◙838.

Ms E R J Spies (DA) (p 235)—Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs.

◙844.

Mrs G Opperman (DA) (p 236)—Social Development.

◙845.

Mrs S J Graham (DA) (p 236)—Public Works and Infrastructure.

◙851.

Mrs B van Minnen (DA) (p 237)—Transport.

◙864.

Dr D T George (DA) (p 240)—Finance.

◙865.


Mr G K Y Cachalia (DA) (p 241)—Public Enterprises.

◙871.

Ms S J Graham (DA) (p 242)—Public Works and Infrastructure.

◙876.

Mrs A Steyn (DA) (p 243)—Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development.

◙884.

Mr Z N Mbhele (DA) (p 245)—Communications and Digital Technologies.

◙885.

Mr M S Malatsi (DA) (p 245)—Acting Minister in The Presidency.

FRIDAY, 19 MARCH 2021 ◙907.

Ms L H Arries (EFF) (p 265)—Justice and Correctional Services.

◙912.
◙912.

Mr M K Montwedi (EFF) (p 266)—Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs.

◙913.

Mr M K Montwedi (EFF) (p 266)—Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development.

◙936.

Mr R A Lees (DA) (p 270)—Transport.

◙940.

Dr M M Gondwe (DA) (p 271)—Minister in The Presidency.

◙943.

Mr G G Hill-Lewis (DA) (p 272)—Finance.

◙944.

Mrs G Opperman (DA) (p 272)—Social Development.

INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 12 - 2021 Friday, 7 May 2021 355 ◙947.

Mr G G Hill-Lewis (DA) (p 272)—Finance.


◙949.

Ms S J Graham (DA) (p 273)—Mineral Resources and Energy.

◙950.

Mr G G Hill-Lewis (DA) (p 273)—Finance.

◙961.

Mr J R B Lorimer (DA) (p 275)—Mineral Resources and Energy.

◙962.

Mr J R B Lorimer (DA) (p 276)—Mineral Resources and Energy.

◙963.

Mrs B M Hicklin (DA) (p 276)—Public Works and Infrastructure.

◙968.

Mrs S J Graham (DA) (p 277)—Public Works and Infrastructure.

◙972.

Mr M S Malatsi (DA) (p 278)—Minister in The Presidency.

◙978.
◙978.

Mr C Brink (DA) (p 280)—Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs.

◙1001.

Ms A L A Abrahams (DA) (p 284)—Social Development.

◙1002.

Ms A L A Abrahams (DA) (p 284)—Justice and Correctional Services.

◙1008.

Mrs A Steyn (DA) (p 286)—Justice and Correctional Services.

INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 12 - 2021